Welcome to The GreenZoneSolution

During September of 2005, parts of the City of New Orleans were underwater and brought to levels of destruction so devastating that some sections have yet to recover from, even today. Clearly the damage done in the hours, days, weeks, months and years following Katrina's landfall was not simply the result of a powerful storm hitting the city, but compounded by the cumulative result of years of neglect to the critical infrastructure of the levy system surrounding it, in addition to more socially based influences.

Now, as the people of New Orleans continue to rebuild their city in a new, real-world experiment that is rapidly changing, both literally and figuratively, where are the opportunities to create a community that is more resilient to both the next monumental storm and the more sustained scenarios of compromised infrastructure, global warming and diminishing nonrenewable resources? How can other communities learn from people of New Orleans and begin to change the way they approach building communities and retrofitting structures to be more efficient, more self-reliant while at the same time be more aesthetically pleasing and anticipate the user's needs?

The GreenZoneSolution will focus on examining the natural connections between renewable resources and disaster mitigation and why good design is a critical element in moving forward toward a healthy, safe and secure future.